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Scientists finally determine iceman Otzi's last meal

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a presentation at the Seventh World Congress on Mummy Studies, researchers from the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman revealed that they had finally located the iceman known as Otzi’s ...

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created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 report

Iceman's new model on display at Bolzano museum

Visitors will get to see Iceman Oetzi under a new light starting Tuesday at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the mummy's discovery.

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Iceman Oetzi gets a new face for 20th anniversary

Iceman Oetzi, whose mummified body was famously found frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991, will get a new face for the 20th anniversary of his discovery.

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created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Oetzi, the Iceman, was ceremonially buried: archaeologist

Oetzi, the 5,300-year-old "Iceman", may not have died at the site in the Italian Alps where he was found 19 years ago, but was only ceremonially buried there, according to a new theory revealed on Thursday.

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created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 1




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Crucial mummy found 20 years ago Monday

Twenty years ago Monday, a German couple hiking the Italian Alps veered off a marked footpath and stumbled upon one of the world's oldest and most important archeological finds: Oetzi, "The Iceman".

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created Sep 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2

World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found in Armenia

(PhysOrg.com) -- A perfectly preserved shoe, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 400 years older than Stonehenge in the UK, has been found in a cave in Armenia.

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created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Nanostructure of 5,000-year-old mummy skin reveals insight into mummification process

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using cutting-edge microscopy techniques, researchers have gained insight into how human mummies can be extremely well-preserved for thousands of years. A team of scientists from Germany and ...

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created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Oetzi's last supper

What we eat can say a lot about us – where we live, how we live and eventually even when we lived. From the analysis of the intestinal contents of the 5,200-year-old Iceman from the Eastern Alps, Professor James Dickson from ...

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 3

Ancient mummy has no modern children, says 'Iceman' study

The 5,300 year old human mummy – dubbed Öetzi or 'the Tyrolean Iceman' – is highly unlikely to have modern day relatives, according to new research published today.

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created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (25) | comments 0

Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman

A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman, and that their technique, reported today ...

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created Aug 21, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Probing Question: What is the history of tattooing?

You might not think the sullen, tattooed teenager skulking around your local record store has anything in common with Winston Churchill, but you would be wrong. Sir Winston, King George V, and the slaves of ...

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created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low

Tree stumps at the feet of Western Canadian glaciers are providing new insights into the accelerated rates at which the rivers of ice have been shrinking due to human-aided global warming.

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created Oct 30, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (28) | comments 3

Italy sets up new iceman lab

A new research center is being developed in Bolzano, Italy, to lead research into the famed Iceman mummy.

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created Jul 13, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Iceman may have been infertile

The prehistoric man discovered in 1991 on a glacier in the Alps had roots in Central Europe and may have been infertile, say Italian researchers.

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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